Birthday dinner at Villa Blanca

We went to Lisa Vanderpump's restaurant for a belated birthday celebration dinner...and who did we meet....LISA and her very cute Pomeranian Jiggy. We had a lovely chat, Ryan was presented with her signed book too

Got some work done

Before and after...
Got to look pretty for our date night at Villa Blanca (restaurant owned by Lisa Vanderpump of Real Housewives of BH fame)!!

And before you ask... Not Botox, just a teeth whitening ;)

Shopping

We walked from BH to Century City Westfield, through some posh streets, quite stunning.

The shopping was fruitful, picked up some new clothes for the new job.

We had a giggle when we saw the warning on one of those Kiddie-strollers which you can hire at the shops...yep. It's not advisable to jam your kid into the shopping bag bit...

Jet lag vs a noisy hotel =

A Fkn grumpy Dunk (more than normal).. So re-packed and our room will be changed today...shopping was a good stress relief!

Only on American TV...

"Find gods match, on Christianmingle.com"... Awesome we seem to have found God...he's on the net!!

The hotel...

Cute, except for....
No iron or board
No tea making stuff
No fridge
No safe....

Shower is good and the bed is comfy, so the important things are fine. The birds are singing And the sun is out.

Ever wondered how they keep the trees trimmed in Poshville...

What a long day

But at least when we changed our watches on takeoff Ryan ended up having a birthday all over again.

It's 2028 Pacific US time

Kylie is in full swing on the inflight, and we are fast approaching atop VLI (port Vila)...1803km from BNE at 31k ft

Lunch, well better than a crew meal, pudding was yum!

Time to find the PE bar!!

VPE, our little hiding place for the next 13 hours!

Go time

Kylie...again!

Well this spot might be a good one for us to be for the next 2 hours!!

Hurry up KM!!

Intoducing Clyde

Today we welcomed Clyde into our lil family unit. Clyde is a New York City Boy and he will be popping up from time to time.
As a housewarming gift, our good friend Princess Kylie decided to put a little song and dance on at a shed up the road.
Clyde is going bananas with excitement, which is a good thing as he is missing Aunty Cheryl and Uncle Cam.

Home safe!

Good Morning World

Thank you Qantas for taking good care of us. Never ever ever ever thought I would say that considering who we work for. Slept like a baby, partly due to a nice tablet! Can't forget the Premium Economy seats which became our home for the past 15 hours!

Thank you Vegas!

It has been a fun filled 9 days, but looking forward to being in our own surroundings, not looking forward to the washing!!

It must be said, we have no reason not to fly QF or AA again. What a lovely experience so far. However we do have one BIG flight remaining. We had different bookings, an AA one and the QF one, the lovely lady at AA checkin (american airlines) merged our bookings and checked us all the way through to BNE. Nice to be treated like a proper passenger and not some sort of standby scum.
In 18 hours this all may change, but I am doubting it.

Boarding our MD80 now.. Yay! Havent been on one of these before .

Packing is sooo over rated!!

Mission complete, it only took 3 hours. A wee bit of a hangover may also have something to do with why it took so long. Ryan's packing technique is ummm well let's say "creative".

Time to rehydrate before the 14hr jumbo trip home... One thing on our minds.....VEGETABLES! Until then...we are off to Denny's! Oh and have to take a video of the hotel and nose bleed elevator ride.

Last night in Vegas

Well here we are... 52 floors up, about to that the Batlift to ground.. Such an ear popping nose bleed distance downward.

The wind has swung around to a northerly and the view is now somewhat "exciting". Ryan is getting ignored...not on purpose, but when you have a view of McCarran International, and aircraft quizzing past during takeoff, at eye level when they get to us, it really is a major distraction.
Don't worry Dad I will video it during daylight hours before leaving tomorrow. On average there seems to be all sorts of aircraft moving past 3 or 4 every minute.

Phantom was just brilliant. The entire theatre was renovated to depict the Paris Opera House, even the ceiling. Totally awesome!!

Time for that lift ride to the mad street below x

Shopping complete

Had to Ryan to bed for an hour as he is literally shopped out. We had to buy another bag to put the new things in, our luggage allowance might be a weee bit tight!

Might need a nanna nap myself soon as we are off to Phantom this evening. Cant wait!

Large drink...

Or little head?